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A fifth Covid vaccine dose could be available by the end of October, while the cabinet just under two weeks ago approved the new bivalent jabs for fourth shots. Medical ...

More than 500 new Covid-19 cases were reported in school units in the last week, creating small transmission chains, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Friday. Since Monday, around 500 cases were ...

Two deaths from Covid in addition to 2,932 new cases were reported in the past week, the ministry of health announced on Friday. The two deaths refer to a 76-year-old woman ...

Five people died from coronavirus as another 2,482 new infections were traced after 61,364 tests in the past seven days, the health ministry announced on Friday. The weekly report, for the dates ...

Over 60,000 primary pupils started school on Monday and were welcomed by Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou, who said he was happy that the school year can start without the protocols and ...

Sixteen new coronavirus deaths were announced by the health ministry on Friday as 2,154 infections were recorded in the past week. The cases were detected from 60,841 rapid and PCR tests carried ...

Speaking at a press conference last Friday, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela declined to lift the mandate requiring masks to be worn in all indoor spaces. “The experts are clear that ...

Health authorities will prepare a road map for autumn, relating to testing and the date when schools will open depending on the state of play with Covid-19, officials announced on ...

As increasing numbers of patients report long Covid symptoms, a Larnaca healthcare centre is offering treatment for the condition, attracting foreign visitors to the island to receive expensive and unproven ...

Any decisions on more Covid-related restrictions would depend on what the members of the scientific advisory team tell the health minister at a meeting scheduled for Wednesday. Health Minister Michalis ...

Experts on Monday urged the elderly and vulnerable to take their fourth Covid vaccine dose (second booster) amid an increase in infections and hospitalisations. Epidemiologist Michalis Voniatis explained that while ...

Coronavirus measures seem to be slowly creeping back in. Although it was something to be expected by the autumn, it seems like no time at all has passed since the ...

Face masks will become obligatory in pharmacies and laboratories this week, less than a month after their use became optional, the health ministry announced on Tuesday. Following a recent increase ...

There are currently 35 coronavirus patients in state hospitals, but in a significant improvement in the island’s epidemiological indicators, there is no longer anyone being treated for Covid in an ...

Most students in Cyprus said they were unhappy when schools were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic leading them to an increased internet use, a survey by the health ministry’...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has tested positive for Covid, the second time since the start of the pandemic. In a post on Twitter, he said that he had no symptoms ...

Two deaths from Covid and 1,774 new coronavirus cases were announced by the health ministry on Friday after 74,539 tests in the week ending May 26. The deaths, of a man aged 77 and ...

Six deaths from Covid and 2,103 new cases were seen in the week up to May 19, the ministry of health announced on Friday. The deaths bring to 1,057 the number of people ...

People working in the entertainment and hospitality industries on Tuesday said the government failed to support them during the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the House commerce committee, representatives of the ...

So, the health ministry has lifted more of its Covid restrictions but with a good number of caveats added, such as recommending everyone, vaccinated or not, have a weekly test ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Sunday called on people to be patient until Thursday when announcements are expected to be made over the relaxation of coronavirus measures. On Wednesday the ...

House President Annita Demetriou has tested positive for the coronavirus, she announced on Wednesday. On her Twitter feed, Demetriou posted: “Following a PCR test I was found positive to the ...

The health ministry announced three deaths and 4,673 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday. The new deaths were of two women aged 53 and 70, and a man aged 92, bringing the total death ...

Five cases of coronavirus have been found in Apoel, the football club announced on Sunday. “After carrying out retests with PCR tests on all the personnel of its football team, ...